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Decorative
Collectibles & Gifts Collecting
for dealers and collectors
Buy &
Sell
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Auction New/Used/Vintage
Collector Plates from the
Bradford Exchange, Franklin Mint, Danbury Mint, Gorham, Hamilton Collection,
Knowles, Bing and Grondahl, Royal Copenhagen, W. S. George, Rockwell and more
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Collecting "souvenir" plates
commemorating special events or picturesque locales - mainly in
blue and white - became popular Hobby in the late 1800's
with an offering of a variety of shapes
and designs catered to a wide range of collectors. The first
limited edition collector's plate is credited to the
Danish company Bing and Grondahl in 1895. Christmas plates
became very popular with many European companies producing them
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In the mid-1900's, European collector's plates arrived in the
US gift shops and department
stores and the number of companies producing them and of people
collecting constantly increased. In 1965 Lalique
introduced a lead-crystal art plate.
In 1973 The Bradford Exchange company helped organise the
collector's market opening a trading floor for the buying and
selling of collector's plates. Many new editions still sell out
and there is continued interest in th early plates from the
European porcelain manufacturers
Bing & Grondahl, Haviland, Bareuther,
Goebel, Heinrich, Kaiser, Rosenthal, Belleek, Royal Doulton,
Gorham, Edwin M. Knowles and Lenox.
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